Cell phone frame and method for manufacturing the same

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a cell phone frame and a method for manufacturing the same, and relates to the technical field of cell phone accessories. The cell phone frame includes a composite plate, the composite plate encloses a accommodation space for accommodating the cell phone, the composite plate includes a first plate and a second plate, a first side surface of the first plate is provided with striations, the first side surface of the second plate and the first side surface of the first plate are rolled to connect, and the striations of which adjacent ones have a pitch of 0.005 mm to 0.03 mm account for more than 90% of all the striations. According to the cell phone frame provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the first side surface of the first plate is roughened to form striations, which increases the area of the first plate and the second plate subjected to rolling, so that a composite plate produced by combining the first plate and the second plate has a higher bonding strength, thereby ensuring that the cell phone frame is firmer.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to the technical field of cell phoneaccessories, more particularly, to a cell phone frame and a method formanufacturing the same.

BACKGROUND ART

The advent of the age of intelligence has witnessed an increasing demandof people for cell phones. Cell phone manufacturers are trying theirbest in innovating and redesigning various features of cell phones toattract consumers. Many processes and methods have been tried inmanufacturing a cover plate, an important part of a cell phone, which,however, has often been ended up with failures, therefore, the choice ofmethod is extremely critical because it directly affects the yield andproduction efficiency.

A steel-aluminum composite plate is advantageous by combining the highstrength and good plasticity of steel and good electrical conductivity,thermal conductivity, corrosion resistance, and low density of aluminum.Steel-aluminum composite plates are common in subway contact rails inrail transit, vehicle body materials of automobiles and high-speedtrains, and bearing shell materials of engines. A variety of heat sinksand cookware made of steel/aluminum composite materials have beenlaunched in the market because of the good thermal conductivity ofaluminum. In addition, the steel-aluminum composite plate has a wideapplication in many fields such as machinery, ships, nuclear energy, andelectric power. Especially with the development of smartphones and 5Gtechnology, the steel-aluminum composite plate has also been applied tothe production of the smartphone frame because of its unique properties.

However, due to the great difference in material properties (deformationresistance, plasticity, thermal conductivity, melting point, etc.)between steel and aluminum materials, manufacturing a steel-aluminumcomposite plate is challenging. In the process of rolling to produce asteel/aluminum composite plate, it is difficult to achieve the highbonding strength of the final composite plate due to the differentproperties of steel and aluminum.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention provides a cell phone frame to solve the problemof the low bonding strength of the cell phone frame in the prior art.

The present invention provides a cell phone frame, including:

-   -   a composite plate, the composite plate enclosing a receiving        space for receiving a cell phone, the composite plate including        a first plate and a second plate, wherein a first side surface        of at least one of the first plate and the second plate is        provided with striations, the first side surface of the second        plate and the first side surface of the first plate are rolled        to connect, and the striations of which adjacent striations have        a pitch of 0.005 mm to 0.03 mm account for more than 90% of all        the striations.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, a side of the composite plate facing the receivingspace is provided with a recess extending along a length direction ofthe composite plate.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the cell phone frame includes two composite plates, afirst end of the composite plate forms a first bent portion towards thereceiving space, a second end of the composite plate forms a second bentportion towards the receiving space, and the two composite plates areconnected by the first bent portion and the second bent portion.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the striations of which adjacent striations have apitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account for more than 90% of all thestriations.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the striations of which adjacent striations have apitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account for more than 80% of all thestriations.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the striations of which adjacent striations have apitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account for more than 70% of all thestriations.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the striations of which adjacent striations have apitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account for more than 50% of all thestriations.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the first side surface of the first plate has aroughness of 0.8 Ra to 4.0 Ra.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the first side surface of the second plate has aroughness of 4 Ra to 10 Ra.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the first plate has a greater hardness than thesecond plate.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the first plate is a stainless steel plate, and thesecond plate is an aluminum plate.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the composite plate has a shear strengthτ=a*b*K1*K2*σ_(soft), a is a length of the first plate, b is a width ofthe first plate, K1 is a roughened area ratio of the first plate, and avalue range of K1 is 1.5 to 3; K2 is a degree of bonding between thefirst plate and the second plate, a value range of K2 is 0.15 to 0.3,and when K1*K2>1, a product of K1 and K2 takes a value of 1; σ_(soft) isa yield strength of the second plate, and a value range of σ_(soft) is350 MPa to 412 MPa.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the first plate has an elongated shape, and a lengthdirection of the striations and a width direction of the first plate isat a preset angle.

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a cell phoneframe, including steps of:

-   -   roughening the first side surface of the first plate and/or the        first side surface of the second plate;

Rolling the first plate and the second plate asynchronously to obtainthe composite plate;

-   -   treating the composite plate by a bending process; and    -   welding the composite plate treated by a bending process to        obtain a cell phone frame.

According to the method for manufacturing a cell phone frame provided inan embodiment of the present invention, the step of roughening the firstside surface of the first plate and/or the first side surface of thesecond plate includes:

-   -   rubbing the first side surface of the first plate and/or the        first side surface of the second plate with a roughening        friction roller to form the striations; and    -   removing debris from a surface of the first plate and/or the        second plate.

According to the method for manufacturing a cell phone frame provided inan embodiment of the present invention, after the step of removingdebris from a surface of the first plate and/or the second plate,further including:

-   -   acquiring a number of striations per unit area of the first side        surface of the first plate or the first side surface of the        second plate;    -   determining that the number of striations per unit area of the        first side surface of the first plate or the first side surface        of the second plate is smaller than a corresponding preset        value, and controlling a lifting component to increase a height        of the roughening friction roller.

According to the method for manufacturing a cell phone frame provided inan embodiment of the present invention, the step of rolling the firstplate and the second plate asynchronously includes:

-   -   heating the first plate and the second plate; and    -   rolling the heated first plate and the heated second plate        asynchronously so that the first side surface of the second        plate and the first side surface of the first plate are rolled        to connect and produce the composite plate.

According to the method for manufacturing a cell phone frame provided inan embodiment of the present invention, after the step of rolling theheated first plate and the heated second plate asynchronously, furtherincluding:

-   -   subjecting the composite plate to a solid solution treatment;        and    -   subjecting the composite plate to aging treatment after the        solid solution treatment.

According to the method for manufacturing a cell phone frame provided inan embodiment of the present invention, the solution treatment isperformed at 480° C. to 540 ° C. for 45 min to 65 min; the agingtreatment is performed at 160° C. to 200° C. for 5 h to 7 h.

According to the method for manufacturing a cell phone frame provided inan embodiment of the present invention, the first plate and the secondplate feature a thickness ratio of 1.5:1.0; a differential speed ratioof the roller corresponding to the first plate to the rollercorresponding to the second plate is 1:1.05, and a reduction rate of theasynchronous rolling is 20% to 40%.

According to the method for manufacturing a cell phone frame provided inan embodiment of the present invention, before the step of treating thecomposite plate by a bending process, further including:

-   -   straightening the composite plate.

According to the method for manufacturing a cell phone frame provided inan embodiment of the present invention, the step of straightening thecomposite plate includes:

-   -   straightening the composite plate in a thickness direction; and

Straightening the composite plate in a width direction.

According to the method for manufacturing a cell phone frame provided inan embodiment of the present invention, before the step of welding thecomposite plate treated by a bending process, further including:

-   -   shearing the composite plate treated by a bending process.

According to the cell phone frame provided in an embodiment of thepresent invention, the first side surface of the first plate isroughened to form striations, which increases the area of the firstplate and the second plate subjected to rolling, so that a compositeplate produced by combining the first plate and the second plate has ahigher bonding strength, thereby ensuring that the cell phone frame isfirmer.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To explain the technical solutions of the present invention or the priorart more clearly, the following will briefly introduce the drawingsnecessary for the description of the embodiments or the prior art.Apparently, the drawings in the following description illustrate onlysome embodiments of the present invention, other drawings may beobtained by those of ordinary skills in the art based on these drawingswithout inventive work.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a structure of a first plateaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a composite plateaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged structural view at A in FIG. 2 accordingto an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing a structure of a cell phone frameaccording to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic view showing a structure of the composite platetreated by a bending process according to an embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 6 is a first schematic view showing a structure of a compositeplate roughening device according to an embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 7 is a second schematic view showing the structure of the compositeplate roughening device according to an embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a method for manufacturing a cell phoneframe according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a first schematic view showing how to treat the compositeplate by a bending process according to the embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 10 is a second schematic view showing how to treat the compositeplate by a bending process according to the embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 11 is a third schematic view showing how to treat the compositeplate by a bending process according to the embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 12 is a fourth schematic view showing how to treat the compositeplate by a bending process according to the embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 13 is a fifth schematic view showing how to treat the compositeplate by a bending process according to the embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 14 is a schematic view showing how to straighten the compositeplate according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference signs: 1. unwinding device; 2. camera; 3. roughening frictionroller; 4. dedusting roller; 5. first plate; 6. chamber; 7. partition;8. control terminal; 9. controller; 10. lifting component; 11. supportroller; 12. dust collector; 13. air jet port; 14. striation; 15. tensioncontrol means; 16. second plate; 17. first speed sensor; 18. secondspeed sensor; 19. third speed sensor; 20. first straightening means; 21.second straightening means; 22. first bent portion; 23. second bentportion; 24. bending machine; 25. composite plate; 26. cell phone frame.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The implementation of the present invention will be described in furtherdetail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings andembodiments. The following embodiments illustrate the present invention,without limiting the scope of the present invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, itshould be noted that such terms as “center”, “longitudinal”,“transverse”, “upper”, “lower”, “front”, “rear”, “left”, “right”,“vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inner”, “outer” and othersindicating directional or positional relations are based on thepositions or positional relations shown in the drawings, intended onlyto facilitate the description rather than indicate or imply that thedevice or element must have a specific orientation or must beconstructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore cannotbe understood as limiting the embodiments of the present invention. Inaddition, such terms as “first”, “second”, and “third” are only used fordescriptive purposes, and cannot be understood as indicating or implyingrelative importance.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, itshould be noted that, unless otherwise clearly specified and defined,such terms as “connection” and “coupling” should be understood in abroad sense. For example, the connection may be a fixed connection, adetachable connection, or integral connection; mechanical connection orelectrical connection; direct connection or indirect connection throughan intermediate. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specificmeanings of the above-mentioned terms in the embodiments of the presentinvention can be interpreted depending on specific situations.

In the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise clearlydefined and specified, a first feature being “on” or “under” a secondfeature may include direct contact between the first and secondfeatures, or indirect contact through an intermediate. Moreover, thefirst feature being “on”, “above” and “over” the second feature mayindicate that the first feature is directly above or obliquely above thesecond feature, or simply the level of the first feature is higher thanthat of the second feature. The first feature being “below”, “under” and“beneath” the second feature may indicate that the first feature isdirectly below or obliquely below the second feature, or simply thelevel of the first feature is lower than the second feature.

In the description of this specification, descriptions with reference tosuch terms as “one embodiment”, “some embodiments”, “examples”,“specific examples”, or “some examples” indicate that specific features,structures, materials, or characteristics described in conjunction withthe embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment orexample of the embodiments of the present invention. In thisspecification, the schematic representations of the above-mentionedterms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example.Moreover, the described specific features, structures, materials, orcharacteristics can be combined in any one or more embodiments orexamples as appropriate. In addition, those skilled in the art cancombine different embodiments or examples and the features of thedifferent embodiments or examples described in this specificationwithout contradicting each other.

A composite plate, a composite plate roughening device, and a method formanufacturing according to embodiments of the present invention will bedescribed below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 14 .

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 , the cell phone frame 26 includes thecomposite plate 25, wherein the composite plate 25 encloses a receivingspace for receiving the cell phone, the receiving space is shaped to fitthe cell phone, and the width of the composite plate 25 is adapted tothe thickness of the cell phone. The composite plate 25 includes a firstplate 5 and a second plate 16, the first side surface of the first plate5 is provided with striations 14, the first side surface of the secondplate 16 and the first side surface of the first plate 5 are rolled toconnect, and the striations 14 of which adjacent striations 14 have apitch of 0.005 mm to 0.03 mm account for more than 90% of all thestriations. It's tested that the shear strength of the composite plateis between 210 MPa and 245 MPa when the striations 14 of which adjacentstriations 14 have a pitch of 0.005 mm to 0.03 mm account for more than90% of all the striations.

It should be noted here that the number of the composite plate 25 may beone, in which case an end-to-end connection of the composite plate 25forms a closed frame. Certainly, the number of the composite plates 25may be two, three, or more, in which case the composite plates 25 aresequentially connected to form a closed frame.

According to the composite plate 25 provided in the embodiment of thepresent invention, the first side surface of the first plate 5 isroughened so that the first side surface of the first plate 5 isprovided with the striations 14, which increases the area of the firstplate 5 and the second plate 16 subjected to rolling, hence thecomposite plate 25 produced by combining the first plate 5 and thesecond plate 16 has higher bonding strength, thereby ensuring that thecell phone frame 26 is firmer.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, one side of thecomposite plate 25 facing the receiving space is provided with a recessextending along the length direction of the composite plate 25. The cellphone has its edge snapped into the recess when placed in the receivingspace so that the cell phone frame 26 is secured around the cell phone.The cross section of the recess is C-shaped or U-shaped, and can beshaped as appropriate according to a profile of the edge of the cellphone.

According to the embodiment of the invention, the striations 14 of whichadjacent striations 14 have a pitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account formore than 90% of all the striations. The more uniform the striations 14are and the smaller the pitch between two adjacent striations 14 is, thegreater the number of the striations 14 per unit area is, the larger thearea subjected to rolling of the first plate 5 and the second plate 16is, and thus the higher the bonding strength is of the composite plate 5formed by bonding the first plate 5 and the second plate 16. It's testedthat the shear strength of the composite plate is between 200 MPa and230 MPa when the striations 14 of which adjacent striations 14 have apitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account for more than 90% of all thestriations.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the striations 14 of whichadjacent striations 14 have a pitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account formore than 80% of all the striations. It's tested that a shear strengthof the composite plate is between 190 MPa and 225 MPa when thestriations 14 of which adjacent striations 14 have a pitch of 0.01 mm to0.02 mm account for more than 80% of all the striations.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the striations 14 of whichadjacent striations 14 have a pitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account formore than 70% of all the striations. It's tested that a shear strengthof the composite plate is between 185 MPa and 220 MPa when thestriations 14 of which adjacent striations 14 have a pitch of 0.01 mm to0.02 mm account for more than 70% of all the striations.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the striations 14 of whichadjacent striations 14 have a pitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account formore than 50% of all the striations. It's tested that a shear strengthof the composite plate is between 170 MPa and 210 MPa when thestriations 14 of which adjacent striations 14 have a pitch of 0.01 mm to0.02 mm account for more than 50% of all the striations.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 5, the cell phone frame 26 includes two composite plates 25, a first endof the composite plate 25 is formed with a first bent portion 22 towardsthe receiving space, and a second end of the composite plate 25 isformed with a second bent portion 23 towards the receiving space. Twomodes are possible for connecting two composite plates 25. Forconvenience of description, the two composite plates 25 are referred toas a first composite plate and a second composite plate, respectively.The two modes for connecting the two composite plates 25 are describedbelow.

Mode 1:

The first bent portion 22 of the first composite plate is welded to thefirst bent portion 22 of the second composite plate, and the second bentportion 23 of the first composite plate is welded to the second bentportion 23 of the second composite plate.

It should be noted here that the first bent portion 22 of the firstcomposite plate and the first bent portion 22 of the second compositeplate may be equal lengthwise or not. The second bent portion 23 of thefirst composite plate and the second bent portion 23 of the secondcomposite plate may be equal lengthwise or not, but a total length ofthe first bent portion 22 of the first composite plate and the firstbent portion 22 of the second composite plate is equal to a total lengthof the second bent portion 23 of the first composite plate and thesecond bent portion 23 of the second composite plate.

Mode 2:

The first bent portion 22 of the first composite plate is welded to thesecond bent portion 23 of the second composite plate, and the secondbent portion 23 of the first composite plate is welded to the first bentportion 22 of the second composite plate.

It should be noted here that the first bent portion 22 of the firstcomposite plate and the second bent portion 23 of the second compositeplate may be equal lengthwise or not. The second bent portion 23 of thefirst composite plate and the first bent portion 22 of the secondcomposite plate may be equal lengthwise or not, but a total length ofthe first bent portion 22 of the first composite plate and the secondbent portion 23 of the second composite plate is equal to a total lengthof the second bent portion 23 of the first composite plate and the firstbent portion 22 of the second composite plate.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the striations 14 arestraight striations, and the straight striations are arranged atintervals, and the pitch between two adjacent striations 14 may beconsistent or not.

Herein, it should be noted that the striation 14 of the embodiment ofthe present invention refers to a groove formed in the first sidesurface of the first plate 5 and/or the first side surface of the secondplate 16, and a depth of the groove is determined by the pressureapplied to the roughening friction roller 3 when it works.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the striations 14 of whichadjacent striations 14 have a pitch of 0.005 mm to 0.03 mm account formore than 90% of all the striations. The more uniform the striations 14are and the smaller the pitch between two adjacent striations 14 is, thegreater the number of the striations 14 per unit area is, the larger thearea subjected to rolling of the first plate 5 and the second plate 16is, and thus the higher the bonding strength is of the composite plate25 formed by bonding the first plate 5 and the second plate 16.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first plate 5has an elongated shape, there is a preset angle between a lengthdirection of the striations 14 and a width direction of the first plate5, and the preset angle in this embodiment may be, but is not limitedto, 70° to 82°. The striations 14 of the first plate 5 serve to increasethe contact area between the first plate 5 and the second plate 16during rolling.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the hardness of thefirst plate 5 is greater than the hardness of the second plate 16; sincethe hardness of the second plate 16 is smaller, the second plate 16 isdeformed during rolling, and the second plate 16 enters the grooves ofthe striations 14 of the first plate 5; after the first plate 5 iscooled, the pitch of the striations 14 is reduced, and the second plate16 is closely attached to the first plate 5 in the grooves of thestriations 14, forming an interference fit, thereby bonding the firstplate 5 and the second plate 16 tightly.

Herein, HV refers to Vickers hardness in kg/mm2. Vickers hardness isdefined as the ratio of a load to an area of indentation formed on asurface of a specimen when a positive tetragonal diamond indenter ispressed into the surface of the specimen with the load and held for awhile before unloading the test force.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the first plate 5is a stainless steel plate, and the second plate 16 is an aluminum alloyplate; however, the materials of the first plate 5 and the second plate16 are not limited thereto, and can be selected as appropriate. Herein,the stainless steel plate may be a stainless steel plate containingvarious alloy components and a stainless steel plate containing variousnon-metal elements, or a stainless steel plate with variousmetallographic structures; certainly, the first plate 5 may also be asteel plate coated with a plating layer on a surface; the aluminum alloyplate may be an aluminum alloy plate containing various alloys andvarious proportions of components.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, the hardness ofthe first plate 5 is HV 270 to HV 330, the hardness of the second plate16 is HV 50 to HV 70, the roughness of the first side surface of thefirst plate 5 is 0.8 Ra to 4.0 Ra, the roughness of the first sidesurface of the second plate 16 is 4 Ra to 10 Ra, where Ra is anarithmetic average roughness.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the shear strengthof the composite plate 25 is τ=a*b*K1*K2*σ_(soft), wherein a is a lengthof the first plate 5, b is a width of the first plate 5, K1 is aroughened area ratio of the first plate 5, and a value range of K1 is1.5 to 3; K2 is a degree of bonding between the first plate 5 and thesecond plate 16, a value range of K2 is 0.15 to 0.3, and when K1*K2>1, aproduct of K1 and K2 takes a value of 1; σ_(soft) is a yield strength ofthe second plate 16, and a value range of σ_(soft) is 350 MPa to 412MPa. MPa is the unit of pressure, M denotes Mega, and Pa denotes Pascal.

A specific embodiment of the invention is described below in connectionwith FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 . In FIGS. 1 and 2 , the composite plate 25includes the first plate 5, which is a stainless steel plate, and thesecond plate 16, which is an aluminum alloy plate. The first sidesurface of the stainless steel plate is provided with the striations 14,wherein the striations 14 are straight striations arranged at intervals.The striations 14 of which adjacent ones have a pitch of 0.02 mm accountfor more than 90% of all the striations 14. The stainless steel platehas an elongated shape, an angle of 78° is included between the lengthdirection of the striations 14 and the width direction of the stainlesssteel plate, the hardness of the stainless steel plate is I-IV 300, andthe roughness of the first side surface of the stainless steel plate is2 Ra.

A thickness ratio of the stainless steel plate to the aluminum alloyplate is 1.5:1.0, and the roughness of the first side surface of thealuminum alloy plate is 3 Ra. The first side surface of the aluminumalloy plate and the first side surface of the stainless steel plate arerolled to connect to form the composite plate 25, wherein the shearstrength of the composite plate 25 is τ=a*b*K1*K2*σ_(soft), a is thelength of the stainless steel plate, b is the width of the stainlesssteel plate, K1 is the roughened area ratio of the stainless steelplate, and K1 takes a value of 2; K2 is the degree of bonding betweenthe stainless steel plate and the aluminum alloy plate, and K2 takes avalue of 0.2; when K1*K2>1, the product of K1 and K2 is 1; σ_(soft) isthe yield strength of aluminum alloy plate, and σ_(soft) takes a valueof 380 MPa.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a composite plate 25 inwhich the first side surface of the first plate 5 and/or the first sidesurface of the second plate 16 are roughened so that the first sidesurface of the first plate 5 and/or the first side surface of the secondplate 16 are provided with the striations 14 to increase the area of thefirst plate 5 and the second plate 16 subjected to rolling, hence thecomposite plate 25 produced after the first plate 5 and the second plate16 are combined has a higher bonding strength and thus a strongerbonding. The composite plate 25 produced by rolling according to theembodiment of the present invention has a high shear forth and featuresa strong bonding, which satisfies the design requirement. The resultingcomposite plate 25 has a strong bonding strength and is suitable to bemachined as a cell phone frame, in which case, it satisfies therequirement of minimal signal shielding for a cell phone and a low ratioof strength to weight.

The present invention also provides a composite plate roughening device,as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 , for use in the manufacture of the compositeplate according to any of the embodiments described above. The compositeplate roughening device includes a roughening means, the rougheningmeans includes a machine body, a first driving member and at least oneroughening friction roller 3 rotatably disposed on the machine body, andthe roughening friction roller 3 is configured for rubbing the firstside surface of the first plate 5 or the first side surface of thesecond plate 16. there is a preset angle between an axis of theroughening friction roller 3 and a first direction, and the preset angleis 70° to 82° in this embodiment. The first driving member is configuredfor driving the roughening friction roller 3 to rotate axially, and thefirst driving member includes a first motor and a first transmissionmember, wherein a rotating shaft of the first motor is connected to theroughening friction roller 3 via the first transmission member, thefirst transmission member can be a combination of a belt and a pulley, acombination of a gear and a chain, or a combination of a plurality ofgears, and the specific structure of the first transmission member isnot limited by examples herein, as long as the roughening frictionroller 3 can be driven to rotate.

Herein, it should be noted that as shown in FIG. 6 , a second directionis a left-right direction in FIG. 6 , and the first direction is afront-rear direction in FIG. 6 . When the roughening means works, thefirst plate 5 or the second plate 16 moves in the second direction andcomes into contact with the roughening friction roller 3, and therotating roughening friction roller 3 rubs the first side surface of thefirst plate 5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16, so thatthe first side surface of the first plate 5 or the first side surface ofthe second plate 16 is provided with the striations 14.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the rougheningfriction roller 3 includes a steel wire brush roller, the steel wirebrush roller includes a cylindrical roller body and plurality of steelwire brushes wrapping an outer peripheral surface of the cylindricalroller body, each composed of plurality of brush filaments. The hardnessof the brush filament of the steel wire brush roller is HRC 55 to HRC60, the pressure applied to the steel brush roller when it works is 1MPa to 1.5 MPa, the diameter of the steel brush roller is 250 mm to 400mm, the steel wire brush roller rotates at a speed of 400 r/min to 600r/min, the length of the brush filament is 10 mm to 40 mm, the densityof the brush filaments is more than 60%, and the diameter of the brushfilament is 0.3 mm to 0.5 mm. The pressure applied to the steel wirebrush roll when it works determines the depth and number of thestriations 14, and the diameter of the brush filament determines thewidth of the striation 14. The pressure applied to the steel brushroller when it works and the diameter of the brush filament aredetermined as appropriate.

HRC in the examples of the present invention refers to Rockwellhardness, which was proposed by S. P. Rockwell in 1921. The hardnessvalue of a metal material measured with a Rockwell hardness tester isrepresented by “HR” rather than a physical unit. HRC is a hardnessobtained by using a 150 Kg load and a diamond cone indenter for veryhard materials, for example, quenched steel, etc. It is measured bypressing a steel ball or a diamond indenter vertically into a surface ofa material to be tested to generate a dent under a specified externalload, and calculating the Rockwell hardness as per a formula, i.e.,HR=(K−H)/C, according to a depth of the dent after the load is released.The Rockwell hardness value is displayed on a dial of a durometer andcan be read directly.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the rougheningfriction roller 3 includes a grinding wheel with a mesh number of 40 to120, the pressure applied to the grinding wheel when it works is 0.1 MPato 0.5 MPa, and the diameter of the grinding wheel is 200 mm to 400 mm.The pressure applied to the grinding wheel when it works determines thedepth and number of the striations 14, and the mesh number of thegrinding wheel determines the width of the striation 14.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the rougheningmeans further includes a dedusting component, the dedusting componentincludes a dedusting roller 4 rotatably disposed on the machine body andhaving an axis extending in the first direction, and a second drivingmember. The roughening friction roller 3 and the dedusting roller 4 aresuccessively arranged at intervals along the second direction, twosupport rollers 11 rotatably connected to the machine body are disposedabove each of the roughening friction roller 3 and the dedusting roller4, and the two support rollers 11 are spaced apart. The support roller11 is configured for cooperating with the roughening friction roller 3and the dedusting roller 4, so as to limit the first plate 5 or thesecond plate 16 subjected to the roughening treatment and ensure thatthe roughening friction roller 3 and the dedusting roller 4,respectively, have good contact with the plate. The second drivingmember is configured for driving the dedusting roller 4 to rotateaxially and includes a second motor and a second transmission member,and a rotating shaft of the second motor is connected to the dedustingroller 4 via the second transmission member. The second transmission maybe a combination of a belt and a pulley, a combination of a gear and achain, or a combination of a plurality of gears. The dedusting roller 4is a brush roller to remove debris from the surface of the first plate 5or the second plate 16 upon contact with the first side surface of thefirst plate 5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16.

In the working process of the roughening means, the first side surfaceof the first plate 5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16 isroughened by the roughening friction roller 3, and then the debris isremoved from the surface of the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 bythe dedusting roller 4, so as to ensure that the roughened surface ofthe first plate 5 or the roughened second plate 16 is clean, and thenthe subsequent work such as rolling is performed.

Herein, it should be noted that only one dedusting roller 4 is providedin this embodiment, but two or more dedusting rollers 4 may be providedas appropriate. The debris includes, but is not limited to, metal debrisand dust, but may be other substances.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the dedustingcomponent further includes a dust collector 12 provided at an outerperiphery of at least one of the roughening friction roller 3 and thededusting roller 4, and air jet ports 13. The dust collector 12 isconnected to a negative pressure device via a pipeline, and the dustcollector 12 can suck up the dust near the roughening friction roller 3and the dedusting roller 4 to prevent air pollution. The air jet ports13 are disposed in the machine body on a side of the dedusting roller 4facing away from the roughening friction roller 3. The air jet port 13is connected to an air supply device via a pipeline, and the air supplydevice provides a high-speed air flow to the air jet ports 13. In thisembodiment, the air jet ports 13 are arranged in two rows up and down,and the two rows of air jet ports 13 are spaced at a certain distance tofacilitate the passage of the first plate 5 or the second plate 16. Whenthe first plate 5 or the second plate 16 passes through the spacebetween the upper and lower rows of air jet ports 13, the air jet ports13 jet a high-speed air flow to the first plate 5 or the second plate 16to remove debris from the surface of the first plate 5 or the secondplate 16 and ensure a clean surface of the first plate 5 or the secondplate 16 so that the camera 2 can capture a clear image, facilitatingsubsequent rolling and other processes.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the rougheningmeans further includes a housing, wherein the machine body is disposedinside the housing, partitions 7 are arranged at intervals inside thehousing to divide the interior of the housing into a plurality ofchambers 6, and the roughening friction roller 3 and the dedustingroller 4 are respectively positioned in corresponding chambers 6. Thepartition 7 between two adjacent chambers 6 is provided with throughholes (not shown) which facilitate the passage of the first plate 5 orthe second plate 16. Because of the partitions 7 inside the housing, theinterior of the housing is divided into a plurality of smaller chambers6, which enhances the dedusting effect of the dust collector 12.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the rougheningmeans further includes a lifting component 10 connected to theroughening friction roller 3 for changing the height of the rougheningfriction roller 3. The outer diameter of the roughening friction roller3 is reduced if the roughening friction roller 3 rubs the first plate 5or the second plate 16 for a period of time, so the number of striations14 formed in the roughening process falls short of the designrequirement. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the height of theroughening friction roller 3 by the lifting component 10 so that theroughening friction roller 3 is in full contact with the first sidesurface of the first plate 5 or the first side surface of the secondplate 16. In this embodiment, the lifting component 10 is a lead screwcomponent composed of a servo motor and a lead screw, a sliding block ofthe lead screw component is connected to the roughening friction roller3, and the servo motor drives the lead screw to rotate, thereby pushingthe roughening friction roller 3 to slide up and down and then changingthe height of the roughening friction roller 3. Certainly, the type ofthe lifting component 10 is not limited thereto, as long as theroughening friction roller 3 can be driven.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the composite plateroughening device further includes a detection means, and the detectionmeans includes a control terminal 8, a controller 9, and a camera 2. Thecamera 2 is positioned below the first plate 5 or the second plate 16,and the camera 2 faces towards the first side surface of the first plate5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16, that is, the camera2 is oriented upwards. The camera 2 is configured to acquire imageinformation of the first side surface of the first plate 5 or the firstside surface of the second plate 16. The controller 9 is electricallyconnected to the lifting component 10, and the controller 9 isconfigured for controlling the lifting component 10 to start and stop.The control terminal 8 is electrically connected to the controller 9 andthe camera 2, respectively, and the control terminal 8 is configured fordetermining that the number of striations per unit area of the firstside surface of the first plate 5 or the first side surface of thesecond plate 16 is greater than a corresponding preset value ordetermining that the number of striations per unit area of the firstside surface of the first plate 5 or the first side surface of thesecond plate 16 is smaller than the corresponding preset value, andcontrolling the lifting component 10 to increase the height of theroughening friction roller 3.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the composite plateroughening device further includes an unwinding means 1 provided at aside of the roughening friction roller 3 facing away from the dedustingroller 4 for winding the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 andreleasing the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 under the traction ofthe driving component, and a tension control means 15. The tensioncontrol means 15 is provided on the side of the dusting roller 4 facingaway from the roughening friction roller 3, and the tension controlmeans 15 is configured for driving the first plate 5 or the second plate16 to move in the second direction and to tension it as appropriate. Thetension control means 15 is composed of a plurality of cylindrical barsand a driving motor, wherein the driving motor is connected to thecylindrical bars, the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 is clampedbetween the cylindrical bars and driven to move along the seconddirection by rotating the cylindrical bars. Driven by the tensioncontrol means 15, the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 is releasedfrom the unwinding means 1 with a preset tension and sequentially passesthrough the roughening friction roller 3 and the dedusting roller 4.

An embodiment of the invention is described below in connection withFIGS. 6 and 7 . In FIGS. 6 and 7 , the composite plate roughening deviceincludes the roughening means, the detection means, the unwinding means1, and the tension control means 15, wherein the unwinding means 1, theroughening means and the tension control means 15 are successivelyarranged along the second direction, namely, the unwinding means 1 ispositioned left to the roughening means, and the tension control means15 is positioned right to the roughening means.

The roughening means includes the machine body, the first drivingmember, two roughening friction rollers 3, the dedusting component, thehousing, and the lifting component 10, wherein the machine body isdisposed inside the housing, the two roughening friction rollers 3 arerotatably disposed on the machine body, the roughening friction rollers3 are configured for rubbing the first side surface of the first plate 5or the first side surface of the second plate 16, there is a presetangle between the axis of the roughening friction rollers 3 and thefirst direction, and the preset angle is 80° in this embodiment. Thefirst driving member includes the first motor and the first transmissionmember, wherein the rotating shaft of the first motor passes through thefirst transmission member and the roughening friction roller 3, and thefirst transmission member can be a combination of a belt and a pulley, acombination of a gear and a chain, or a combination of a plurality ofgears.

The roughening friction roller 3 includes the steel wire brush roller,the steel wire brush roller includes the cylindrical roller body and aplurality of steel wire brushes wrapping the outer peripheral surface ofthe cylindrical roller body, each composed of a plurality of brushfilaments. The hardness of the brush filament of the steel wire brushroller is HRC 55, the pressure applied to the steel wire brush rollerwhen it works is 1.5 MPa, the diameter of the steel wire brush roller is300 mm, the steel wire brush roller rotates at a speed of 500 r/min, thelength of the brush filament is 30 mm, the density of the brushfilaments is more than 60%, and the diameter of the brush filament is0.35 mm.

The dedusting component includes the dedusting roller 4, the seconddriving member, the dust collector 12 and the air jet port 13, thededusting roller 4 being rotatably disposed in the machine body, theaxis of the dedusting roller 4 extending in the first direction. Theroughening friction roller 3 and the dedusting roller 4 are successivelyarranged at intervals in the second direction, and the dedusting roller4 is positioned right to two roughening friction rollers 3. Two supportrollers 11 rotatably connected to the machine body are disposed aboveeach of the roughening friction roller 3 and the dedusting roller 4, andthe two support rollers 11 are spaced apart. The support roller 11cooperates with the roughening friction roller 3 and the dedustingroller 4 to limit the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 and ensurethat the roughening friction roller 3 and the dedusting roller 4 are ingood contact with the plate, respectively. The second driving member isconfigured for driving the dedusting roller 4 to rotate axially andincludes the second motor and the second transmission member, whereinthe rotating shaft of the second motor is connected to the dedustingroller 4 via the second transmission member, and the second transmissionmember can be a combination of a belt and a pulley, a combination of agear and a chain, or a combination of a plurality of gears. Thededusting roller 4 is a brush roller that removes debris from thesurface of the first plate 5 and/or the second plate 16 by contactingthe first side surface of the first plate 5 or the first side surface ofthe second plate 16.

When working, the roughening means roughens the first side surface ofthe first plate 5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16 withthe roughening friction roller 3, and then removes the debris from thesurface of the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 with the dedustingroller 4, so as to ensure that the surface of the first plate 5 or thesecond plate 16 after roughening is clean, and then the subsequent worksuch as rolling is performed.

Three dust collectors 12 are provided, wherein two dust collectors 12are disposed on the periphery of the roughening friction roller 3, andthe other dust collector 12 is disposed on the periphery of thededusting roller 4; the dust collectors 12 are connected to the negativepressure device via a pipeline; the dust collectors 12 can suck up dustnear the roughening friction roller 3 and the dedusting roller 4 toprevent air pollution.

A plurality of air jet ports 13 are provided, and the air jet ports 13are provided in the machine body on a side of the dedusting roller 4facing away from the roughening friction roller 3, namely, the air jetports 13 are positioned right to the dedusting roller 4. The air jetport 13 is connected to the air supply device via a pipeline, and theair supply device provides a high-speed air flow to the air jet port 13.In this embodiment, the air jet ports 13 are arranged in two rows up anddown, and the two upper and lower rows of air jet ports 13 are spacedapart at a certain distance so as to facilitate the passage of the firstplate 5 or the second plate 16. When the first plate 5 or the secondplate 16 passes through space between the upper and lower rows of airjet ports 13, the air jet ports 13 jet a high-speed air flow to thefirst plate 5 or the second plate 16 to further remove debris from thesurface of the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 and ensure that thesurface of the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 is clean and thecamera 2 can capture a clear image, and thus avoid the influence onrolling the first plate 5 and the second plate 16.

Two partitions 7 are arranged at intervals inside the housing to dividethe interior of the housing into three chambers 6, two rougheningfriction rollers 3 are disposed in two chambers 6 in a one-to-onecorrespondence, and the dedusting roller 4 is disposed in the otherchamber 6. The partition 7 between two adjacent chambers 6 is providedwith through holes to facilitate the passage of the first plate 5 andthe second plate 16. With the partitions 7 that divide the interior ofthe housing into a plurality of smaller chambers 6, the dedusting effectof the dust collector 12 is enhanced.

The lifting component 10 is connected to the roughening friction roller3 for changing the height of the roughening friction roller 3. The brushfilament will be worn after the first side surface of the first plate 5or the first side surface of the second plate 16 are treated by theroughening friction roller 3 for a period of timewhile, and the outerdiameter of the roughening friction roller 3 is reduced, as a result,the number of the striations 14 generated by the roughening treatmentfalls short of the design requirement. Therefore, it is necessary toincrease the height of the roughening friction roller 3 with the liftingcomponent 10 so that the roughening friction roller 3 is in full contactwith the first side surface of the first plate 5 or the first sidesurface of the second plate 16. In this embodiment, the liftingcomponent 10 is a lead screw component composed of a servo motor and alead screw, a sliding block of the lead screw component is connected tothe roughening friction roller 3, and the servo motor drives the leadscrew to rotate, thereby pushing the roughening friction roller 3 toslide up and down and changing the height of the roughening frictionroller 3. Certainly, the lifting component 10 is not limited this type,and other types are possible.

The detection means includes the control terminal 8, the controller 9,and the camera 2, wherein the camera 2 is positioned below the firstplate 5 or the second plate 16 and faces the first side surface of thefirst plate 5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16, and thecamera 2 is configured for acquiring image information about the firstside surface of the first plate 5 or the first side surface of thesecond plate 16. The controller 9 is electrically connected to thelifting component 10 and configured for controlling the liftingcomponent 10 to start and stop. The control terminal 8 is electricallyconnected to the controller 9 and the camera 2, respectively, andconfigured for determining that the number of striations per unit areaof the first side surface of the first plate 5 or the first side surfaceof the second plate 16 is greater than a corresponding preset value, ordetermining that the number of striations per unit area of the firstside surface of the first plate 5 or the first side surface of thesecond plate 16 is smaller than the corresponding preset value, andcontrolling the lifting component 10 to increase the height of theroughening friction roller 3.

The unwinding means 1 is provided on a side of the roughening frictionroller 3 facing away from the dedusting roller 4 and configured forwinding the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 and releasing the firstplate 5 or the second plate 16 under the traction of the tension controlmeans 15.

The tension control means 15 is provided on a side of the dedustingroller 4 facing away from the roughening friction roller 3, the tensioncontrol means 15 is provided right to the dedusting roller 4 andconfigured for driving the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 to movein the second direction. The tension control means 15 is composed of aplurality of cylindrical bars and a driving motor, wherein the drivingmotor is connected to the cylindrical bars, the first plate 5 or thesecond plate 16 is clamped between the cylindrical bars and driven tomove in the second direction by rotating the cylindrical bars. Driven bythe tension control means 15, the first plate 5 or the second plate 16is released from the unwinding means 1 with a preset tension, and theroughening friction roller 3 can be brought into good contact with thefirst plate 5 or the second plate 16 by tensioning the first plate 5 orthe second plate 16.

The composite plate roughening device provided in the embodiment of thepresent invention roughens the first side surface of the first plate 5so that the first side surface of at least one of the first plate 5 andthe second plate 16 is provided with the striations 14, which increasesthe area of the first plate 5 and the second plate 16 subjected torolling, hence the composite plate produced by rolling the first plate 5and the second plate 16 has a higher bonding strength and thus astronger bonding. The composite plate produced with the composite plateroughening device of the present invention has a high shear force andfeatures a tight bonding, which satisfies the design requirement. Theresulting composite plate has a strong bonding strength and is suitableto be machined as a cell phone frame, and it satisfies the requirementof minimal signal shielding for a cell phone and a low ratio of strengthto weight.

The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing a cellphone frame 26 according to any of the above embodiments. As shown inFIG. 8 , the method for manufacturing a cell phone frame includes thesteps as follows.

Step 100, the first side surface of at least one of the first plate 5and the second plate 16 is rubbed by the roughening friction roller 3 toform the striations 14;

the roughening process is to form groove-like straight striations in thefirst side surface of at least one of the first plate 5 and the secondplate 16.

In the process of contacting with the first side surface of the firstplate 5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16, the rougheningfriction roller 3 rubs to form the striations 14; the rougheningfriction roller 3 rotates at a constant speed, and the first plate 5 andthe second plate 16 move at a constant speed in the second direction, sothe striations 14 formed in the first side surface of the first plate 5and the first side surface of the second plate 16 are straightstriations arranged at intervals, and there is a preset angle betweenthe straight striations and the width direction of the first plate 5 orthe second plate 16. The striations 14 of which adjacent ones have apitch of 0.005 to 0.03 mm account for more than 90% of all thestriations 14. The roughening treatment may be performed once, or may beperformed two or more times.

Step 200, the first plate 5 and the second plate 16 are asynchronouslyrolled to obtain the composite plate.

Step 300, the composite plate 25 is treated by a bending process;

As shown in FIGS. 9 to 13 , the bending process mainly includes: bendingthe first end of the composite plate 25 firstly by a bending machine 24so that the first end of the composite plate 25 forms the first bentportion 22 towards the receiving space; and bending the second end ofthe composite plate 25 by the bending machine 24 so that the second endof the composite plate 25 forms the second bent portion 23 towards thereceiving space. Finally, the composite plate 25 is sheared, and theresulting composite plate 25 treated by the bending process is U-shaped.

Certainly, it is possible to bend only the first end of the compositeplate 25 by the bending machine 24, and then the composite plate 25 issheared; at this time, the composite plate 25 is L-shaped, and fourL-shaped composite plates 25 are successively connected to form arectangular cell phone frame 26.

Step 400, the composite plate 25 treated by a bending process is weldedto obtain the cell phone frame 26.

In this embodiment, both the first side surface of the first plate 5 andthe first side surface of the second plate 16 are subjected to theroughening treatment, although only the first side surface of the firstplate 5 may be subjected to the roughening treatment.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the rougheningfriction roller includes the steel wire brush roller, the hardness ofthe brush filament of the steel wire brush roller is HRC 55 to HRC 60,the pressure applied when the steel wire brush roller works is 1 MPa to1.5 MPa, the diameter of the steel wire brush roller is 250 mm to 400mm, the steel wire brush roller rotates at the speed of 400 r/min to 600r/min, the length of the brush filament is 10 mm to 40 mm, and thediameter of the brush filament is 0.3 mm to 0.5 mm;

alternatively, the roughening friction roller includes the grindingwheel, the mesh number of the grinding wheel is 40 to 120, the pressureapplied when the grinding wheel works is 0.1 MPa to 0.5 MPa, and thediameter of the grinding wheel is 200 mm to 400 mm.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the striations of whichadjacent striations have a pitch of 0.005 mm to 0.03 mm account for morethan 90% of all the striations.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, before rolling thefirst plate 5 and the second plate 16 asynchronously, the method furtherincludes:

step 110, removing debris from a surface of at least one of the firstplate 5 and the second plate 16.

Debris on the surface of the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 can beremoved during the rotation of the dedusting roller 4; when the firstplate 5 or the second plate 16 moves to a position between the upper andlower rows of the air jet ports 13, the air jet ports 13 emit ahigh-speed air flow to the first plate 5 or the second plate 16 tofurther remove debris from the surface of the first plate 5 or thesecond plate 16 and ensure that the surface of the first plate 5 or thesecond plate 16 is clean and the camera 2 can capture a clear image, andthus avoid the influence on combining the first plate 5 and the secondplate 16.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, after the step ofremoving the debris from the surface of at least one of the first plate5 and the second plate 16, the method further includes:

step 120, acquiring the number of striations per unit area of the firstside surface of the first plate 5 or the first side surface of thesecond plate 16;

acquiring, by the camera 2, image information of the first side surfaceof the first plate 5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16,and transmitting the image information to the control terminal 8.

In step 130, the number of striations per unit area of the first sidesurface of the first plate 5 or the first side surface of the secondplate 16 is determined to be smaller than a corresponding preset value,and the lifting component 10 is controlled to increase the height of theroughening friction roller 3.

When the control terminal 8 determines that the number of striations perunit area of the first side surface of the first plate 5 or the firstside surface of the second plate 16 is smaller than the correspondingpreset value, the control terminal 8 sends a control instruction to thecontroller 9, and the controller 9 controls the lifting component 10 torise according to the control instruction, thereby increasing the heightof the roughening friction roller 3 and bringing the roughening frictionroller 3 into close contact with the first side surface of the firstplate 5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16.

The number of striations per unit area of the first side surface of thefirst plate 5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16 isdetermined to be greater than the corresponding preset value. Thecontrol terminal 8 calculates the number of striations per unit areaaccording to the acquired image information, and if the number ofstriations per unit area of the first side surface of the first plate 5or the first side surface of the second plate 16 is determined to begreater than the corresponding preset value, then the rougheningfriction roller 3 is in good contact with the first side surface of thefirst plate 5 or the first side surface of the second plate 16, withoutthe need to increase the height of the roughening friction roller 3.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the step of rolling thefirst plate 5 and the second plate 16 asynchronously includes:

step 210, heating the first plate 5 and the second plate 16,

wherein an online heating method is used, specifically, an eddy currentheating method is employed to heat the first plate 5 to 350° C. By meansof online heating, the first side surface of the first plate 5 and thefirst side surface of the second plate 16 can be rolled to combine in asemi-molten state to further improve the bonding strength of thecomposite plate.

The asynchronous rolling in the embodiment of the present inventionrefers to rolling a stainless steel plate and an aluminum alloy plate(i.e., the first plate 5 and the second plate 16) into a composite platewith rollers arranged up and down at different speeds.

Step 220, the heated first plate 5 and the heated second plate 16 arerolled asynchronously, so that the first side surface of the secondplate 16 and the first side surface of the first plate 5 are rolled toconnect to form the composite plate.

The asynchronous rolling is applied to rolling the first plate 5 and thesecond plate 16, the first plate 5 and the second plate 16 feature athickness ratio of 1.5:1.0; a differential speed ratio of the rollercorresponding to the first plate 5 to the roller corresponding to thesecond plate 16 is 1:1.05, and a reduction rate of the asynchronousrolling is 20% to 40%.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first plate 5 is heatedonline, that is, the stainless steel plate is heated online, so that thestriations 14 in the surface of the stainless steel plate are thermallyexpanded to widen and deepen the grooves of the striations 14. Theheated stainless steel plate and the aluminum alloy plate with a lowerhardness are rolled to combine by the upper and lower rollers, thealuminum alloy plate is pressed into the groove in the stainless steelsurface on a roughened surface where the aluminum alloy plate and thestainless steel plate are combined because of a much greater hardness ofthe stainless steel plate than that of the aluminum alloy plate;moreover, the stainless steel plate is cooled to shrink, and the surfaceof the aluminum alloy plate is heated to expand, so that the stainlesssteel plate and the aluminum alloy plate are closely attached on bothsides of the groove to form an interference fit, thereby forming astrong bonding between the stainless steel plate and the aluminum alloyplate.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, afterasynchronously rolling the heated first plate 5 and the heated secondplate 16, the method further includes the steps as follows.

Step 230, the composite plate is subjected to a solid solutiontreatment,

wherein the solid solution treatment includes a heating stage and acooling stage, and in the heating stage, the composite plate is put intoa solid solution furnace for the solid solution treatment, the solidsolution treatment is performed at 480° C. to 540° C. for 45 min to 65min. In the cooling stage, the composite plate 5 is rapidly cooled andthe composite plate is finally cooled to normal temperature. Bysubjecting the composite plate to the solid solution treatment, thebonding strength of the composite plate is further improved.

Step 240, the composite plate after the solid solution treatment isaged.

An aging treatment is required after the solid solution treatment of thecomposite plate. The aging treatment is performed in an aging furnace at160° C. to 200° C. for 5 h to 7 h. By aging the composite plate, thebond strength of the composite plate can be further improved.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, before the step oftreating the composite plate 25 by a bending process, the method furtherincludes the steps as follows.

Step 250, the composite plate 25 is straightened.

As shown in FIG. 14 , the composite plate 25 may bend in one directionin the case of rolling two different types of metal plates, it is thennecessary to straighten the composite plate 25, which requires a tensileforce applied to the composite plate 25 in the second direction in thestraightening process to prevent the resulting composite plate 25 frombending or warping. The straightening treatment is carried out by abidirectional combined straightening machine, which is a conventionaldevice in industrial production and will not be described in detailhere.

According to an embodiment of the invention, the step of straighteningthe composite plate 25 includes the sub-steps as follows.

Step 251, the composite plate 25 is straightened in a thicknessdirection;

As shown in FIG. 14 , the thickness direction of the composite plate 25is denoted as a third direction, which is perpendicular to the firstdirection and the second direction, respectively. When the compositeplate 25 is straightened in the thickness direction, a tensile force isrequired to be applied to the composite plate 25 in the second directionto the composite plate 25 from bending. The composite plate 25straightened in the thickness direction is conveyed at a higher speedthan the composite plate 25 not straightened in the thickness direction.The straightening treatment in the thickness direction is carried out bya first straightening means 20 of the bidirectional combinedstraightening machine, and a first speed sensor 17 and a second speedsensor 18 are provided respectively before and behind the firststraightening means 20. The straightening treatment in the widthdirection is carried out by a second straightening means 21 of thebidirectional combined straightening machine, a third speed sensor 19 isprovided behind the second straightening means 21. A plurality of speedsensors are arranged to measure the speed of the composite plate 25 indifferent stages of the straightening process to ensure that the speedof the composite plate 25 in the straightening treatment is stable, sothat the composite plate 25 straightened does not bend.

Step 252, the composite plate 25 is straightened in a width direction.

As shown in FIG. 14 , the composite plate 25 is straightened in thewidth direction, namely, the composite plate 25 is straightened in thefirst direction. In the process of straightening the composite plate 25in the width direction, it is also necessary to apply a tensile force tothe composite plate 25 along the second direction to prevent thecomposite plate 25 from bending, and the tensile force in the seconddirection is applied to the composite plate 25 by the tension controlmeans of the bidirectional combined straightening machine. The compositeplate 25 straightened in the width direction is conveyed at a higherspeed than the composite plate 25 not straightened in the widthdirection. It is assumed that the composite plate 25 not straightened inthe thickness direction is conveyed at a first speed V1, the compositeplate 25 straightened in the thickness direction is conveyed a secondspeed V2, and the composite plate 25 straightened in the width directionis conveyed at a third speed V3. The value of V2/V1 is greater than 1and smaller than or equal to 1.5, the value of V3/V2 is greater than 1and smaller than or equal to 1.5, and the value of V2/V1 is greater thanthe value of V3/V2. The composite plate 25 is a stainless steel-aluminumalloy composite plate 25, the hardness of the stainless steel plate isHV 300 and the thickness thereof is 3.5 mm originally, the hardness ofthe aluminum alloy plate is HV 50 and the thickness thereof is 8 mmoriginally, however, the thicknesses of the stainless steel layer andthe aluminum alloy layer in the composite plate 25 are the same, whichare both 3.2 mm. The unit tension experienced by the composite plate 25when straightened in the width and the thickness directions is 2.5N/mm². According to the method for manufacturing a cell phone frameprovided in the embodiment of the present invention, the first sidesurface of the first plate 5 is roughened to provide the first sidesurface of the first plate 5 with the striations 14, which increases thearea of the first plate 5 and the second plate 16 subjected to rolling,hence the composite plate 25 produced by combining the first plate 5 andthe second plate 16 has a higher bonding strength and thus a strongerbonding. When the composite plate 25 is straightened in the thicknessdirection, the speed of the composite plate 25 is different in the frontand the rear, so the tensile force applied to the composite plate 25along the second direction can prevent the resulting composite plate 25from bending or warping. The resulting composite plate 25, if bent,often deviates from the thickness direction, so it is not necessary toapply a strong tensile force when straightening in the width direction,but a strong tensile force is necessary for straightening in thethickness direction to prevent the composite plate 25 from bending.

The composite plate 25 may bend in one direction in the case of rollingtwo different types of metal plates, it is then necessary to straightenthe composite plate 25, which requires a tensile force applied to thecomposite plate 25 in the second direction in the straightening processto prevent the resulting composite plate 25 from bending or warping.

Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are merelyillustrative of the technical solution of the present invention, ratherthan limiting it; although the present invention has been described indetail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in theart will appreciate that the technical solution disclosed in theabove-mentioned embodiments can still be modified, or some of thetechnical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; suchmodifications and equivalents do not depart from the spirit and scope ofthe embodiments of the present invention in nature.

1. A cell phone frame, characterized by comprising: a composite plate(25), the composite plate (25) enclosing a receiving space the compositeplate (25) comprising a first plate (5) and a second plate (16), whereina first side surface of the first plate (5) and a first side surface ofthe second plate (16) are provided with striations, the first sidesurface of the second plate (16) and the first side surface of the firstplate (5) are rolled to connect, and adjacent striations (14) have apitch of 0.005 mm to 0.03 mm account for more than 90% of all thestriations (14).
 2. The cell phone frame according to claim 1, wherein aside of the composite plate (25) facing the receiving space is providedwith a recess extending along a length direction of the composite plate(25).
 3. The cell phone frame according to claim 1, wherein the cellphone frame comprises two composite plates (25), a first end of thecomposite plate (25) forms a first bent portion (22) towards thereceiving space, a second end of the composite plate (25) forms a secondbent portion (23) towards the receiving space, and the two compositeplates (25) are connected by the first bent portion (22) and the secondbent portion (23).
 4. The cell phone frame according to claim 7, whereinthe striations (14) of which adjacent striations (14) have a pitch of0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account for more than 90% of all the striations (14).5. The cell phone frame according to claim 7, wherein the striations(14) of which adjacent striations (14) have a pitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02mm account for more than 80% of all the striations (14).
 6. The cellphone frame according to claim 7, wherein the striations (14) of whichadjacent striations (14) have a pitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account formore than 70% of all the striations (14).
 7. A cell phone frame,characterized by comprising: a composite plate (25), the composite plate(25) enclosing a receiving space, the composite plate (25) comprising afirst plate (5) and a second plate (16), wherein a first side surface ofthe first plate (5) and the second plate (16) is provided withstriations, the first side surface of the second plate (16) and thefirst side surface of the first plate (5) are rolled to connect, andadjacent striations (14) have a pitch of 0.01 mm to 0.02 mm account formore than 50% of all the striations (14).
 8. The composite plateaccording to claim 1, wherein the first side surface of the first plate(5) has a roughness of 0.8 Ra to 4.0 Ra.
 9. The composite plateaccording to claim 8, wherein the first side surface of the second plate(16) has a roughness of 4 Ra to 10 Ra.
 10. The composite plate accordingto claim 1, wherein the first plate (5) has a greater hardness than thesecond plate (16).
 11. The composite plate according to claim 10,wherein the first plate (5) is a stainless steel plate, and the secondplate (16) is an aluminum plate.
 12. The composite plate according toclaim 1, wherein the composite plate has a shear strengthτ=a*b*K1*K2*σ_(soft), a is a length of the first plate (5), b is a widthof the first plate (5), K1 is a roughened area ratio of the first plate(5), and a value range of K1 is 1.5 to 3; K2 is a degree of bondingbetween the first plate (5) and the second plate (16), a value range ofK2 is 0.15 to 0.3, and when K1*K2>1, a product of K1 and K2 takes avalue of 1; soft is a yield strength of the second plate (16), and avalue range of σ_(soft) is 350 MPa to 412 MPa.
 13. The composite plateaccording to claim 1, wherein the first plate (5) has an elongatedshape, and a length direction of the striations and a width direction ofthe first plate is at a preset angle.
 14. A method for manufacturing acell phone frame, comprising the steps of: roughening the first sidesurface of the first plate (5) and/or the first side surface of thesecond plate (16) to form striations (14), wherein adjacent striations(14) have a pitch of 0.005 mm to 0.03 mm account for more than 90% ofall the striations; rolling the first plate (5) and the second plate(16) asynchronously to obtain the composite plate (25); treating thecomposite plate (25) by a bending process; and welding the compositeplate (25) treated by a bending process to obtain a cell phone frame.15. The method for manufacturing a cell phone frame according to claim14, wherein the step of roughening the first side surface of the firstplate (5) and/or the first side surface of the second plate (16)comprises: rubbing the first side surface of the first plate (5) and/orthe first side surface of the second plate (16) with a rougheningfriction roller (3) to form the striations (14); and removing debrisfrom a surface of the first plate (5) and/or the second plate (16). 16.The method for manufacturing a cell phone frame according to claim 15,after the step of removing debris from a surface of the first plate (5)and/or the second plate (16), further comprising: acquiring a number ofstriations per unit area of the first side surface of the first plate(5) or the first side surface of the second plate (16); determining thatthe number of striations per unit area of the first side surface of thefirst plate (5) or the first side surface of the second plate (16) issmaller than a corresponding preset value, and controlling a liftingcomponent (10) to increase a height of the roughening friction roller(3).
 17. The method for manufacturing a cell phone frame according toclaim 14, wherein the step of rolling the first plate (5) and the secondplate (16) asynchronously comprises: heating the first plate (5) and thesecond plate (16); and rolling the heated first plate (5) and the heatedsecond plate (16) asynchronously so that the first side surface of thesecond plate (16) and the first side surface of the first plate (5) arerolled to connect and produce the composite plate (25).
 18. The methodfor manufacturing a cell phone frame according to claim 17, after thestep of rolling the heated first plate (5) and the heated second plate(16) asynchronously, further comprising: subjecting the composite plate(25) to a solid solution treatment; and subjecting the composite plate(25) to an aging treatment after the solid solution treatment.
 19. Themethod for manufacturing a cell phone frame according to claim 18,wherein the solution treatment is performed at 480° C. to 540 ° C. for45 min to 65 min; the aging treatment is performed at 160° C. to 200° C.for 5 h to 7 h.
 20. The method for manufacturing a cell phone frameaccording to claim 14, wherein the first plate (5) and the second plate(16) feature a thickness ratio of 1.5:1.0; a differential speed ratio ofthe roller corresponding to the first plate (5) to the rollercorresponding to the second plate (16) is 1:1.05, and a reduction rateof the asynchronous rolling is 20% to 40%.
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